The electric dance

  • Name for the experiment: The electric dance

    Goal of the experiment: To understand the phisycal process of electrification of the glass rubbed with a piece of wool and the influence of the rubbed glass over the thin paper silhouettes.

    Materials: -flat wooden or carton box with a transparent lid made of plastic or glass

    -aluminium foil

    - paper silhouettes

    - a piece of wool

    Steps of the experiment: 

    1. we take a flat wooden or carton box with the height of 4-5 cm

    2. we pad the box with an aluminium foil

    3. we make the silhouettes from coloured paper

    4. we put the silhouettes in the box

    5. we cover the box with the transparent lid

    6. we rub the lid with the piece of wool

    7. we see how the silhouettes start to move in the box

    Within the process, the glass will be positively electrified.